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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Columbia, SC

November 3, 2015Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this river flood warning at Nov 3, 2015, 9:29 AM EST for Fairfield County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It took effect at Nov 3, 2015, 12:10 PM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 2015, 9:29 AM EST (14:29 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 3, 2015, 12:10 PM EST
Expired
Nov 8, 2015, 11:39 AM EST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Lake Wateree (WATS1).

Action stage
99 ft
Minor stage
100 ft
Moderate stage
102 ft
Major stage
105 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 9:51 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEBamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg3 hr
Nov 2, 11:03 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAEEdgefield, McCormick41 hr
Nov 2, 11:21 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCAEClarendon, Orangeburg3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Carolina, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.